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WIND OR WATER WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

Application filed August 10, 1917. Serial No. 185,595.

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN J. BARTO, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wakefield, in the county of Dixon and State of Nebraska,have invented new and useful Improvements in lVind or Water Wheels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wind or water wheels and it consists in thenovel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a wheel of the characterindicated which is of simple structure and which includes a verticallydisposed shaft journaled for rotation and suitably supported. Armsradiate from the shaft and are arranged in pairs the members of whichare located in the same vertical plane. Vertical members connect themembers of the pairs of arms together and panels are pivotally connectedwith the said vertical members. These panels are provided with weightsat their upper edge portion but the panels are of such weight as tonormally lie approximately in vertical position between the upper andlower members of the pairs of arms. Stops are provided upon the verticalmembers for limiting the swinging movement of the panels and the panelsare provided with springs adapted to engage the stops whereby'theswinggradually checked or stopped in order to prevent undue noise anddamage or wear to the panels.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the wind orwater wheel.

Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5 are detailed views of the several features of thesame.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawing the wind or water wheelcomprises a vertically disposed shaft 1 journaled at its lower end in orupon a pillow bearing 2. The upper end of the shaft 1 is journaled in abearing 3 which is connected by means of guy lines 4: with the upper endof stakes 5 which may be driven in the ground or otherwise suitablysupported. Guy lines 6 connect the upper end portions of the stakes 5with the ground and thus the shaft 1 is supported in a vertical osition.

Arms 7 extend radiafly from the shaft 1 and are arranged in pairs, themembers of each pair being in the same vertical plane and the members ofeach pair are connected by vertical members or bars 8. Panels 9 arepivotally connected at their upper corners with the bars 8, each panelbeing provided at its upper edge portion with one or more weights 10.The panels 9 normally hang vertically between the members of the pairsof arms 7 and the members of the sets of bars 8. Stops 11 are carried bythe bars 8 and are located in the paths of movement of the free edgeportions of the panels 9 and are adapted to limit the swinging movementof the panels with relation to the bars 8. Stops 12 are carried by thebars 8 and are located in the paths of movement of the inner edgeportions of the panels 9 and are adapted to limit the outward swingingmovement of the panels 9 with relation to the bars 8. Panels 9 carry atone side springs 13 which are adapted to engage the panels which are.adapted to engage stops 11 and at their opposite sides the said panelscarry springs 13 which are adapted to engage the stops 12. These springsare for the purpose of cushioning the swinging movement of the panels inorder that the panels may be brought to a state of rest withoutsubjecting them to excessive jar. The other end portion of the arms 7are suitably connected together by means of guy lines 15.

The parts of the wheel are so arranged that when the panels 9 arepresented to the wind or the current of water they turn vertically andare limited in their swinging movement between the bars 8 by the stops11. On the opposite side of the wheel the panels are held out at anangle with relation to the bars 8 by the current of air or water and theweights 10. The outward swinging movement of the panels is limited bythe stops 12. Thus as the wheel rotates the panels swing fromapproximately vertical positions to horizontal positions and back,therefore the side surfaces of the panels are presented to the currentin the direction in which the current is moving and the edges of thepanels are presented to the current when the panels are moving in theopposite direction to that in which the current moves.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. A wheel comprisinga vertically disposed shaft journaled for rotation, arms radiating fromthe shaft, and arranged in pairs, vertically disposed bars connectingthe members of the pairs of arms together, panels pivotally mountedbetween the bars, stops carried by the bars and located in the paths ofmovement of the panels to limit the swinging movement thereof in eitherdirection, yielding abutments carried by the opposite sides of panelsand adapted to engage the stops, and weight carried at the upper edgeportions of the panels.

2. A wheel comprising a vertically disposed shaft journaled forrotation, arms radiating from the shaft and arranged in pairs, barsconnecting the members of the pairs of arms together, panels pivotallyconnected at their upper edges between the bars, stops located upon thebars and in the paths of movement of the free edge portions ofthepanels, stops located upon the bars and located in the paths of movementof the inner edge portions of the panels, yielding abutments carried bythe opposite sides of said panels and adapted to engage the stops, andWeights carried by the panels above {)heir points of pivotal connectionwith the are.

' 3. A'wheel comprising a vertically dis- 20 bars, stops carried by saidbars for limiting 25 the movement of such panels in either direction,leaf springs carried by the o posite sidesof said panels and havingtheir ree ex tremities reversely disposed, said springs being adapted toengage said stops, and Weights 30 carried by the upper edge portions ofsaid panels.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

v FRANKLIN J. BARTO Witnesses:

F. L. DoNE soN, C. F. HOWARD.

